Bottle-brushing machine.



DAWSGE,

e si) -x sans sans or JOSEPH W. DAWSON, F ST. LOUIS, MISSOUR, ASSIGNOR TO LBARRY-VEHMILLER MA CHINERY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS,A MISSOURI, A C'ORYORATION.

BOTTLE-BRUSHING MACHINE. i

-To all whom 'it may concern.

`ject the production of a machine ofV this character which Will thoroughly cleanse the exterior of bottles, jars, or similar articles.

In theA preferred form of my'invention,

the bottles are transmitted'to the brushing device of a carrier which discharges them' onto. a chute or runway leading to an endless belt or carrier. This carrier conveys the bottles under the brushing device and, While passing thereunder, the bottles are relied on the carrier by reciprocating members, 'which 1 preferably separate the bottles from each other and cause the bottles to be eectnally operated upon by the brushes.- vThe brushing device is preferably moved at a high degree of speed and serves to remove old labels and dirt from the exterior of the bottles. If desired, the brushing device may be lnoistened by a stream, or streams, of water as will be hereinafter described.

Figure is a side elevation of my bottle brushing machine. Fig. H is a top plan View of the machine. vliligxlll' is vertical section taken approximately on the line lill-lll. of Fig. Il; and Fig. IV is a. rear view ot a portion of the parts shown in Fig. HI. l

ln the accompanying drawings 1 designates side frames which supportbearings 2 and 3. A shaft 4, journaled in the bearings 2, is driven by power applied to a sprocket wheel 5 (see Fig. l-),kand said shaft has .fixed to it intermediate of its ends, a pair of sprocket Wheels G.

y is an endless carrier comprising sprocket chains 7 and cleats 8 and 8a, the chains 7 being mounted on and driven by the yi/heels G. At the discharge end ot the machine the carrier is supported by sheaves 9 on. the shaft 3.

B indicates the brushing device comprising brushes 10, secured to sprocket chains 11. Sprocket wheels 13,' fixed to shats le Specification of Letters Yat-ent.

Application filed April 12, 1910.

Patented Grt. ES, 19H1?.

Serial No. 554,931.

and l5 "ii'iesh with the chains il and constitute the driving means therefor. Motion is `imparted to the brushing device by a drive pulley 1G on the shaft 14. The shafts lll and l5 are journalcd in bearings 1G (sce Figs. l and II), mounted in verticaliy'movable frames 1T and 17a. 'The lower end or f leg of the frame l` is loosely arranged iu a.

bracket 18 having guide flanges 1f) which overlap the side edges of the frame 1T. A lifting lever 20, engaged by a lug 2l on the Vlower end of the movable iframe ll' (see Fig. I), is held in the position shown by an ad`- justing screw 22. The lever Q0 is connected to oneeud of a shaft which extends across the machine and has-its opposite end secured to an arm Q0 that lies under a lug Q1 on the vertically movable side frame 17a. @ne advantage of the lifting device just' described is that the lever 20 may be operabed to raise t the frames 17 and 17a when it is desired to raise the brushing' device for the purpose ot cleaning or gaining complete access to the conveyer. A. Another obvious advantage of this structure is derived from the adjusting screw 22 which allows the brush to be adjusted toward 'and from the bottle carrierf The bottles are preferably conveyed to the machine by a'carrier C (see'Fig. which, if desired, may lead from a bottle soaking apparatus. However, the conveyer C is' not an essential part of this invention, inasmuch as the bottles may be Jfed to the machine by hand.

"Lrranged adjacent to the carrier C and adapted to receive bottles discl'iarged there` from is a 'chute 24 that rests on brackets 25 (see Figs. I and lll). Bottle shitting arms V26, located beneaththe chute 24, extend longitudinally of the carrier A and are secured 'to' carrying rods 27 extending transversely of the machine by suitable means, such as hook bolts 98 Figs. lil and AV). The carrying rods 2'? and arms are thus connected together to produce a bottle moving frame that extends between the brushing devicelg and theconvn er and is f! i receive the bottles d Q4. The carrying rods 27 are sidijngly mounted in bearings 29 and one ot the carrying' rods has a lever arm connected to it.

.-51 indicates a shifter rod pivoted at one end to the arm 30 and having a slot in its opposite end (see Fig. IV). A rotatable in the slot in the shifter. Rotaryvmotion is imparted to the crank 33 by a bevel gear 35 on the shaft 4 which meshes With a bevel gear 36 on the crank shaft 37. A constant rotary movement I the crank transmits an intermittent reciprocating movement to the bottle moving arnis-26 and carrying rods 27,

-thcmotionl being rendered intermittent due to the slot and pin connection between Athe crank 33 and link 31", inasmuch as it Will lbe understood that the slot and pin' connection causes the bottle moving frame composedV ofthe arms 9.6 and rods 2T to stop at the end of each stroke. 'The movement of the bottle moving iii-aine is so timed that it stops when the arms 26 are alined ivith division members 38 on the chute Qtaud at this time the carrier C discharges bottles onto the chute.

- This timing of the parts causes the bottles to' pass fromthe chute into the spaces between aiiiis 26 andeliininates all liability of the bottle striking the upper edges `of said aiins.

After passing onto the conveyer A, the bottles are spaced apart by'the, arms 26 to avoid breakage, and they are rolled' on the conveyer by the reciprocating bottle moving means` and, as the bottles pass under the brushing device B, their surfaces are thoroughly operated upon by the brushes, and old labels, or other mattei' adhering thereto, is removed.

The brushes and ncarrier A preferably move in the saine direction, as indicated by arrows in Fig. III, but the brushes travel at a high speed and foreethe bottles against stops 3S) on the conveyer A, said stops Serving to retard the endwise movements of the bottles on the carrier .while they are being rolled and acted on by the rapidlyy moving brushes. llie cleats S of the carrier A support the neck or' tliebottle when engaged by the.. brushes.

A rod 40, which extends across the machine adjacent to thc discharge end of the chute 24, is covered by a tube 4l of yielding" material' that serves asa yielding stopfor bottles that are accidentally thrown upwardly1 when they pass onto the constantly iiiioving carrier A.

The brushes of the brushing device B are preferably kept in a Wet conditionl by streams ot' water delivered from nozzles 42 tilted to a Water supply pipe 413.

l claim l. A bottle brushing machine,comprising a. carrier, a brushing device above said carrier, and bottle moving means shiftable transversel'yot' said carrier and whereby the i bottles resting upon the carrier Vare moved transversely thereot ivhile being operated vupon by said brushing device.

'2. A bottle brushing machine, comprising a carrier, abrushing device above said carrier, bottle moving means, shiftable transversely of said carrier and whereby the bottles restingy upon the carrienare moved transversely thereof 'While being operated upon by said brushing device, and means for imparting. reeiprocatory movement to said bottle moving means.

3. A bottle brushing machine, comprising a carrier, a brushing device, and bottle movingineans operable transversely of saidV Y carrier, the bottle moving means being providedwith arms extending over said car- 'rier and between which the. bottles are adapted to lie While resting upon the carrier members by which the bottles are separated and moved transversely of the carrier' while being operated upon by said brushing device, and means `for, reciprocating said frame.

A bottle brushing machine, comprising a carrier, a brushing device operable above said carrier7 a ,chute leading to said carrier, and a cushion member arranged above the member adjacent to the point at which the bottles are discharged from said chute onto said'carrier.

JOSEPH V. DAWSON.

Tn the presence of- A HOWARD Cook, EDNA B. LINN. 

